1 Hare Court has ‘a justly deserved reputation for pre-eminence with a jaw dropping array of brilliance, from junior juniors right up to the silks’, and chambers is especially adept at handling ultra-high-net-worth matters. Complex and high-value marital and Schedule 1 cases are areas of expertise for the ‘brilliant’ Deborah Bangay KC. With ‘excellent legal knowledge at her fingertips’, Rebecca Carew Pole KC regularly appears before the High Court, the Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court in cases surrounding nuptial agreements, jurisdictional issues, and high-value financial remedy claims. A ‘leading family finance silk at the bar’, Timothy Bishop KC has specialised in matrimonial finance proceedings for over three decades. Among the juniors, ‘formidable opponent’ Nicholas Wilkinson is frequently in the High Court and often appears unled against silks in significant financial remedy proceedings. Phillip Blatchly is also a key junior to note; his ‘advocacy skills are exemplary’. Richard Todd KC and Lily Mottahedan represented the former wife of Dale Vince in a financial remedy application against the energy entrepreneur - the case involved issues of alleged dissipation of assets in the form of donations to the Labour Party.
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Profile
Position
Barrister specialising in financial remedies and matrimonial jurisdiction disputes, He is one of only three star individuals in Chambers and Partners 2024 guide to Matrimonial Silks
Notable cases:
- TI v LI [2024] EWFC 163
- Standish v Standish [2024] EWCA Civ 567
- AT v BT [2023] EWHC 3531 (Fam)
- Baker v Baker [2023] EWFC 136
- DR v UG [2023] EWFC 68
- Goddard-Watts v Goddard-Watts [2023] EWCA Civ 115
- ARQ v YAQ [2023] EWFC 128
- WX v HX [2021] EWFC 241
- RC v JC [2020] EWHC 466
- Potanin v Potanina [2019] EWHC 2965
- Versteegh v Versteegh [2018] EWCA Civ 1050
- Ecclestone v Stunt
- X v X [2016] EWCA 1995 (Fam)
- Work v Gray [2017] EWCA Civ 270
- Appleton v Gallagher
- Robertson v Robertson [2016] EWHC 613 (Fam)
- Gray v Work [2015] EWHC 834 (fam)
- Tan v Choy [2014] EWCA Civ 251
- Gallagher v Lawrence [2012] EWCA Civ 394
- H v S [2011] EWHC B23 (Fam)
- FZ v SZ [2010] EWHC 1630 (Fam)
- Lykiardopulo v Lykiardopulo [2010] EWCA Civ 1315
- McCartney v Mills McCartney [2008] EWHC 401 (Fam)
- Vaughan v Vaughan [2010] EWCA Civ 349
- SR v CR [2008] EWHC 2329 (Fam)
- Miller v Miller [2006] EWHL 24
- Xydhias v Xydhias [1998]EWCA Civ 1966
Publications:
- Former member of Editorial board of At A Glance
- Enforcement of Financial Orders in Matrimonial Proceedings (with Gavin Smith)
Career
Called 1991; Inner Temple; KC 2011.
Memberships
- FLBA
- RAC
- Trinity College Law Society
Education
Trinity College, Cambridge (MA); ICSL.
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Testimonials
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- 'Timothy is elegance and sophistication personified in his advocacy, in his client handling and in working with his instructing solicitors. A reassuring and calm presence for clients who immediately know they are in safe hands, a persuasive force to be reckoned with in the court room with sometimes only the lightest touch.'